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Some Twins5, those pictures! please thank Meta6 for me.
The horrible increase in railroad and Pulman fares made Wyoming7 out of
the question for both Miss Lewis8 and
me. But mother9 says you may be in
Red Cloud10 this summer with
West Virginia11. I will be there by
the 15th
(fifteenth) of August to stay a month. Do try to
Steam Heat
Electric Lights
Garage
Livery
The Shattuck Inn
AT THE FOOT OF
MONADNOCK MOUNTAIN
OPEN ALL THE YEAR
JAFFREY, N. H.
Elevation 1200 feet
Private
Baths
Open Fires get there while I am at home if you can.
Isn't the news from France12
glorious? I was so proud of G.P13's
citation14. It was published
in all the New York15 papers and
dozens of people called me up to ask if he were any kin of mine. It seems to
be such a useful sort of bravery that he was cited for—so much more
useful than if had brought in a wounded conrade comrade.
I am here in this quiet hotel in the woods reading the proofs of my new book16, and hope to finish them by the 6th of August. It's a queer sort of book. It's at least not like either of the others17. Did you know that both the others18 are studied in a good many colleges now, for "style"?
Goodnight and love to you and Meta. Didn't Jack19 surprise you? I don't
Steam Heat
Electric Lights
Garage
Livery
The Shattuck Inn
AT THE FOOT OF
MONADNOCK MOUNTAIN
OPEN ALL THE YEAR
JAFFREY, N. H.
Elevation 1200 feet
Private
Baths
Open Fires know her20, but if she's nice and can
spell, it may be a splendid thing for him. I
think your marriage was a splendid thing for you, and I'm going to hope that
Jack's will be just as fortunate.
Aren't the American boys some soldiers! (I can't write with this horrid "hotel ink".)
The Shattuck Inn